Prague, 1920. Milena's father wants her to follow in his footsteps and be one of the first female doctors in Czechoslovakia, but she is determined to be a writer. She elopes to Vienna with the Jewish music critic Ernst Pollak, and starts a correspondence with Franz Kafka. She leaves Pollak and returns to Prague with her father, where she befriends and translates Kafka. As a journalist, Milena covers the 1923 Ruhr worker's strike and meets the communist architect Jaromir.
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Valérie Kaprisky
Milena Jesenská
Known for
Chronicles of the Sun
Breathless
Stacy Keach
Jesenski
Known for
Prison Break
The Bourne Legacy
Gudrun Landgrebe
Olga
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Colonel Redl
Nick Mancuso
Jaromir
Known for
Under Siege
Rapid Fire
Peter Gallagher
Pollak
Known for
The O.C.
American Beauty
Yves Jacques
Max Brod
Known for
Napoleon
Laurence Anyways
Jacques Penot
Simon Foreman
Also in
The Cry of the Owl
For Those I Loved
Jeanne Marine
Lisa
Known for
Braveheart
Philip Anglim
Kafka
Known for
The Thorn Birds
Testament
Clotilde Aras
Philippe Caroit
Von Vollmar
Known for
The Aviator's Wife
Ever Been to the Moon?
Claude Duneton
Known for
Three Colors: Blue
The Double Life of Véronique
Véra Belmont Director · Louis Garfinkle Writer Marie-Geneviève Ripeau Writer
First release July 4, 1991 · Produced in Canada, France, Germany · Production France 3 Cinéma, Les Films de l'Amante
Production
Bavaria Film
Production
France 3 Cinéma
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Les Films de l'Amante
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Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment
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Sofinergie Films
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Stéphan Films
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Farena Films
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Canada · France · Germany
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English
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French
Release dates
Germany · July 4, 1991
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No release date listed for United States.
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